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Last time on Naomi.

Your parents are aliens?

They've been lying to me this whole time.

What happened to Earth-29?

We found out it was an environmental disaster.

I know you're not telling me the truth. You're right. I have been lying. About

this.

Naomi did all this?

Brutus will send others. Like the bounty hunter.

And Mac, Brutus sends his regard.

Unleashing her abilities is the only way for Naomi to protect the people she

loves.

Everyone, Naomi, they are all in danger now.

They called it the tear.

A catastrophic environmental event.

Zimbardo told me about it, but I didn't realize it had a name.

It gave the 29 their powers.

That's right.

Are you members of the 29?

No. Back on our home planet, we were scientists.

We were called in to fix the tear.

But we failed.

That doesn't explain how we ended up here.

And it doesn't explain how you adopted me in all your lives.

Did Zimbardo tell you about Brutus?

He terrorizes the people of our planet.

He hunted the 29.

That's why we lied.

Because we never wanted that for you.

Neither did your birth parent.

You knew my birth parent?

Yeah.

We did pumpkin.

So you lied about that too.

A lot of bad things happened back then.

We wanted to spare you.

No disrespect, but bad things isn't good enough.

I deserve the truth.

After Brutus rose to power, there was political mayhem, violence,

chaos beyond your imagination.

It was truly horrific.

We lived in fear. No one could stop him. That's what your birth parents wanted to

protect you from.

That's what we wanted to protect you from.

We promised them if anything happened to them, we'd hide you.

We'd keep you safe.

What happened to them?

We don't know.

Did Brutus get to them?

No more lies.

Yeah.

We believe he did.

Zimbardo says I'm the only one who can be Brutus.

He says it's my destiny.

Is that true?

Your powers are one of a kind.

There's no denying that.

And there's no hiding it anymore.

Maybe we should never have tried.

If you want to run,

We'll run.

Hard and fast.

If you want to fight, we'll fight.

Hard and fast.

So you're basically the Harry Potter of space?

I don't know about that.

You're right. That fucker had seven books to figure out his destiny. You've

had what, three months?

It all just seems so crazy.

I haven't even graduated from high school.

Harry hadn't graduated either.

Which ones?

All I know is I just low-key don't want to think about any of this tonight.

I just want to have a normal prom with a normal teenager.

I fully support that. How are we doing on the checklist?

Manicures, check. Sheet masks, check.

Jewelry selection, check.

Light yoga session.

So we can be properly stretched before hitting the dance floor. Yeah, I now

understand why you budgeted six hours for pre-prom prep.

Beauty is a harsh mistress.

I'm guessing from that smile that things are going better with Nathan?

We're getting there.

I think he's still a little bit upset about what happened.

Which part?

The part about you accusing him of stealing a disc, or the part where you

posted those selfies with Lourdes to make him jealous?

Probably both.

Not helping.

Sorry. Tonight is about fixing things. We're just gonna dance, vibe, and

hopefully go back to the way things used to be.

Hey, man.

Will my little sister like this one?

Swan thing might be too slimy.

She'll like this one better.

Cool. Thanks.

I'm Nathan.

Naomi.

I've never seen you in here before.

My mom just got transferred to town, and my little sister is bummed.

I'm not really into comics, but she likes them for some reason.

Yeah, because comics are the best.

Sure, if you're a kid.

But anyone over the age of 10 who's into comics is obviously...

You gonna finish your sentence?

I was gonna say dope.

You know how many Superman comics have been sold?

600 million.

Superman stands for truth and justice.

He provides a way for us all to feel like ourselves.

You get inspiration from a dude who flies around fighting aliens?

It doesn't really matter if he's real or not. He's still a hero.

Not really my kind of hero.

Also, he's an adult wearing a cape.

You're entitled to your own opinion, even if it's completely wrong.

Hold up, are you mad?

Like, for real?

I was messing with you.

I gotta go, but I hope you live with Mr. Androids the comic.

I wonder when the girls will be ready. It's important to be respectful of women

and their time. Yes, sir. Yeah. Do you know I'm in the military?

Go easy on them, Greg.

Here they come.

Wow.

I promise to avoid another stabbing incident like last year's winter formal.

I thought we are.

But it makes me smile.

Hi.

Hi.

You look incredible.

Thank you.

You too.

This is for you.

Who's ready for a photo?

Come on, get together.

Guys.

One, two, three.

Excuse me, right here.

I can't believe Esme spent our entire prom budget on a nature reserve.

Has anyone really tried pillow turnout?

I'm not really clear on the theme.

Something for everyone.

Like Coachella. This is definitely not Coachella.

I called resonance.

I have a message from Brutus. He wants you to join him.

You okay?

Yeah.

My

texts

aren't going through.

Me neither. What could have caused a blackout and for our phones to go down?

It wasn't a storm. That would be more consistent with, like, an

electromagnetic pulse. An EMP.

So maybe it was an accident at the military base?

Maybe. But I heard this, like, strange hum.

Last time I heard that, it was in our lab.

Could you tell where it was coming from?

Pinpointing the source could help us identify it.

Not exactly.

I think it was somewhere near the bathroom. The DJ has power. Let's get

back to dancing, people.

We need to check the bathroom. Didn't you guys go to the bathroom, like, 20

minutes ago?

We just needed a pressure.

Don't question the sacred palm ritual group trips to the ladies' room.

We are back.

Agent McDuffie.

Good to see you, sir. I thought you'd gone back to Quantico. Well, after the

Steele incident, the DOD expressed some concern about the effectiveness of this

task force.

You're evaluating us.

I wouldn't put you in those terms.

But that's not why I called you.

There's been an incident at Star Labs.

Familiar with it?

Only in passing, sir. We've been monitoring it since the Steele incident.

Tonight there was a significant energy spike.

Agent Davis, the team is in position.

Put it on screen.

There's a team on the ground ready to breach.

They've isolated the incident to a specific lab.

Records indicate it belonged to a Dr. Bell.

What are we expecting to find, sir?

That's a good question.

Go.

Let's go.

With me!

Let's go! Let's go!

Move! Move!

Do you have anything, Alpha Leader? There's no time

to fight.

They need to get out of there.

Now!

I think I found something.

What the hell is that?

I think it's a force field.

An alien force field?

I don't know.

But we need to contact some adults.

Preferably one with wings. Or one who's perpetually salty.

Zumbato is the closest.

I can be back in ten minutes.

What am I supposed to do then?

Act normal.

Act normal. Right. Okay.

Nice reflexes, babe.

Are you okay?

I'm pretty sure we're trapped.

I don't know what's more incredible.

This force field or the fact that I'm in the girl's bathroom.

This place is so much cleaner.

Separate bathrooms are so Gen X. The future is all gender.

Agreed. But we can't fight for equality until we get out of here.

Brutus only wants me. Why would he go through the trouble of trapping the

entire junior class?

And what if prom turns into a Carrie situation?

Or worse, what if it gets boring?

Okay, there are still two hours left, and they're out of good songs.

Which means we only have two hours until people try to leave and realize they,

you know, can't.

We have to find a way to contact someone.

We could call Dee on his TV radio.

He's a Morse code or pyroglyphics.

Annabelle, you're a genius.

There's a CB radio in the office. We can use that. I think this force field will

dampen the signal.

Not if we use a linear amp.

It'll upgrade the power output.

That DJ did bring an excessive amount of gear. I mean, who does the guy think he

is? Rolex?

I'll get the amp and meet you guys in the office.

Breaks me into the school office.

Living so dangerously.

I can't believe I'm here by choice.

After hours.

During prom night.

Speaking of, I know this wasn't exactly prom you had in mind.

Nope.

It's way better.

This is fun.

This fly stuff is kind of romantic.

We're like Mr. and Mrs. Smith from Classic Movie Night.

But weren't those two trying to kill each other?

I would never take a job to assassinate you, Juan.

Aw, Juan.

I wouldn't take a job to assassinate you either.

Oh, I see it.

Rain check on the kissing.

Tell them after we defeat the aliens.

Definitely.

I've been waiting for you in the Winter Wonderland room. Your snow cone has

pretty much melted.

I'm sorry, Nathan.

What's going on?

This was supposed to be our night.

Jacob has this really big robotics project and I was just trying to help

him.

Homework? During prom?

I know, it's lame.

Can we just...

Forget about all this and go back to having fun.

Yeah, that's what I want.

You, me, having fun like we used to.

But... I'm not sure that's what you want.

It is, Nathan, I promise.

I don't know what you want me to say.

That makes the two of us.

I can't believe Greg and Jen let you have a party while they're out of town.

Who was parents ever?

Yeah, they really are the best.

Who is that?

Who?

Oh, that's Nathan. I met him at Levon's last week.

That's the guy who insulted Superman?

You neglected to mention that he is fine.

Because I don't care what he looks like.

He's a rude jock and I'm not interested.

Really?

Yeah, that feeling is not mutual because that boy's straight up staring at you.

And coming over this way.

Look who it is.

Annabelle. Hi, it's Annabelle.

I'm Annabelle. Hello.

And goodbye.

I'm going to get some pizza.

Hey, thanks for the recommendation.

Moses loved the comics.

Oh, of course, because she's an actual child, right?

I think you got the wrong impression of me.

I'm actually kind of an okay guy once you get to know me.

And what makes you think I want to get to know you?

Well, maybe the fact that we keep running into each other. Some people

might call that fate.

I call it living in a small town.

Must be a nice change after all that moving around, though.

Being an Army brat can be tough.

I know.

How did you know I'm an army brat?

I do my homework.

Think I ended up at this party by accident?

You just called it fate.

Fate means you're supposed to be in a certain place with a certain person at a

certain time.

Fate is never an accident.

That's shockingly insightful.

I'm full of surprises.

Okay.

Army brats.

How many times did you change schools in the middle of the year?

Three, including that.

I did four.

It's the worst.

So bad.

Can I get you a drink?

This is my party, but yes, you can.

Are you taking a picture? I definitely thought there would be a lot less

science stuff at prom, but memories are memories.

Got it.

Signal officially boosted.

Dee?

It's Naomi. Are you there?

I think that's the correct terminology. Come in.

Dee, it's Naomi.

Come in, Dee.

Are you there?

Come in, Dee.

Maybe he's not there.

Yes, uh, D.

We're at school and there's some kind of force field.

It's not exactly a force field.

Hey, I'm coming now.

Stay there.

D?

D! D can't hear you anymore.

Brutus sends his regards.

Who is this?

My name's Julian.

But you're asking the wrong question.

The right question is, where am I?

Meet me in the East Wing.

Alone.

Or everyone at this prom will wish they'd never been born.

Julian trapped everyone in here just to get to me.

You said these wings can sense aliens?

Maybe the adults are on their way.

But if we can't get out, how can they get in?

Nathan. What the hell is going on?

Are you okay? What's wrong?

I'm fine. It's nothing.

Why won't you just call me?

You know what?

I'm leaving.

Nathan! Wait!

Don't go. Please just talk to me. What, to talk to you?

So you can ignore me? Ditch me? Lie to my face again? Nah.

I'm good.

Nathan, stop.

I know tonight's been weird, but I have a good reason. Can you please just trust

me? Why should I trust you?

You obviously don't trust me.

You know what?

This isn't working.

What are you saying?

Exactly what I said.

This. Us.

It isn't working.

There's a force field surrounding the entire school and we're all trapped in

here.

Right.

You need to work on your excuse game.

You're serious?

The force field is here to keep me inside.

There's someone in this school right now. They want to hurt me.

How would someone want to hurt you?

I found out I'm not from here.

I know that. You've moved around a lot. So have I.

It's different than that.

There are things I haven't told you about myself.

Things I've been keeping from you.

I know that, too.

I keep hoping you'll tell me when you're ready.

I found out my parents didn't adopt me.

They found me.

What does that mean?

They found me as an infant, alone on a rock in the forest

with alien markings.

The markings were from another planet.

The planet where I'm from.

What are you saying right now?

I'm not from here, Nathan.

I'm from another planet.

I'm not human.

I'm something else.

Wait, what?

I don't understand.

I don't either.

And I've been trying to accept it and understand it.

But I can't.

And I'm so scared.

I've wanted to tell you.

But I was scared you wouldn't understand or accept me.

You're still afraid of that?

I don't understand any of this.

But I'm here.

After Naomi called, I went to the school and checked every entrance.

All of them are blocked by the same type of energy field.

We have to get inside.

That's our 29 tech.

That force field is virtually impenetrable. My daughter is trapped in

there.

This is your fault.

We never wanted this for her. If you had left her alone, this wouldn't be

happening. With all due respect, I'm the one who told Naomi the truth.

Naomi's powers were starting to manifest.

There's no hiding it, no denying it. You know that. I don't care if I have to

call in the entire military and bomb that building. We're getting Naomi out.

There could be another way.

Greg, the device on the quantum machine.

Tell me what you saw before the feed went dark.

Not much.

When the soldiers got close, the force field activated and blew them back.

I believe this is Mac.

I've seen her use technology like this.

Who the hell is Mac?

She works for Brutus.

Part of us in a circle.

If they're making a move... She's not alone.

You know who's with her.

Not for certain.

But I suspect that Brutus is in someone more vulnerable.

Goes by Julie.

I never heard of him.

Julian's a high-level enforcer.

Flies under the radar.

They're isolating Naomi.

Attacking her when she's most vulnerable.

How do we bring down the force field?

It's connected to whatever device is on that quantum machine.

We have to get inside and destroy it.

That lab has been sealed off. There are soldiers everywhere.

There's another way into that lab.

I need your nth metal.

Shutting down that device will take time.

How do we protect Naomi?

Until we get there, Naomi's going to have to protect herself.

Nice to have another bro in the know.

Look at us.

This is important.

What are we going to do?

Well, we will definitely not be sending you on a meeting with a psychotic

assassin in the East Wing.

I don't have much of a choice.

Seriously, babe?

I will lock you in the classroom if I have to.

How can we stop this Julian guy from doing whatever to the rest of the people

at prom? We need to buy time before the adults come.

I've said it before, what this school needs is a good panic room.

What if we made our own? If we get everybody in the same location, we can

make sure they're safe.

I am so on board with this hide-until-help-comes plan.

Winter Wonderland might be big enough to hold everyone.

Then all we need to do is get everybody in there and keep them away from Julian

until... TBD.

We can handle that.

Now that we're a four-person team.

You won't want to miss this. Winter Wonderland is about to be lit.

And don't sleep on our snow-comic-tologist.

Oh, it's a rainbow.

What up, Portis Waco Jr.? Guys, we are about to

make prom history.

I'm talking a special musical guest that will blow your mind.

Don't go anywhere. You do not want to miss this. I'm the head of the prom

committee, and I do not approve this message.

Everybody make some noise if you want Esme to chill!

Looks like Annabelle gave you some backup.

Yeah, uh, you go.

I'll stay and get the stragglers inside.

I'll be right there.

It's not a sit-down.

It's not a sit-down. Esme, the DJ's freaking out. He said you never gave him

the second deposit, so he's gonna bounce. What?

I have a signed invoice.

Nice work, newbie.

Those people are snow cone savages.

Where's Naomi?

In the hallway with the stragglers.

But no, she's not. The hallway's empty.

She's going to the east wing.

I knew we should have put her on snow cone duty.

You're brave to come alone.

I'm the one Brutus wants.

Do you really think you can save everyone?

Your classmates?

Your friends?

Annabelle? Jacob?

Nathan?

This isn't about them.

Actually, it is.

They're trapped behind the force field in the doorway.

Your friends went looking for you.

They made a... Very easy for me. Let them go.

You have a lot of friends, Naomi.

Your parents, Dee, Sabato. People who will try to protect you.

What I want to see is who you are with none of them around.

If this works,

the energy release will create an explosion and shut down the force field

at the school.

You ready?

Ready.

Containment field destabilizes your energy wave. We learned a few things

after your meeting with Matt.

Why are you doing this? I'm giving you a choice.

You can save your friends or your classmates.

Both are trapped behind energy fields that will incinerate them.

This deactivates one, sets off the other.

You get to choose.

I'm not doing that.

That's how long you have to decide.

Why was there no explosion?

Because this is a decoy.

Naomi's on a hoe.

Please don't do this.

It's already done.

Naomi, you're okay.

Not exactly.

This energy field is going to incinerate all of you in about three minutes. Same

for everyone else. They're stuck in one, too.

This is the worst prom ever.

This will deactivate the force field.

I just have to turn it.

Okay, good.

I did not want my last moments on Earth to be spent in school.

What's the catch?

Touching one triggers the other.

He's making me choose.

He's making me choose between you and everyone else at Rome.

I don't know what to do.

Yes, you do.

There's three of us and 50 of them.

It's an easy call.

Hold on.

This is technically a dead man's switch.

It works on a relay. It seems instantaneous, but it's not.

It still has to send out an alert that activates the other field.

I really hope all this science talk ends with us not dying.

If I can touch the second field before the alert makes it from the first, I can

deactivate both.

Jacob, how long would I have?

Probably a second.

From one end of the school to the other in less than a second.

That seems impossible.

You have to be Superman to do that. I'm not Superman.

No, you're not.

You're Naomi freaking McDuffie.

You just have to believe it.

I just can't see where the poop's at.

Who can say that I know that?

Naomi! Are you okay?

I didn't... Baby,

are you okay?

Yeah, Mom, I'm fine. We're all fine.

The force field came down, but Julian disappeared.

Did you guys find him?

No. Why would Julian just leave?

We probably won't like that answer.

The important thing is that you're okay.

Ready, pumpkin?

You know, I think I might meet you at home, actually.

That's okay.

Thank you for coming down here.

I think Jacob and I are going to go see if there's any snow cones left.

He's making me a sunrise surprise.

It's mango, cherry, coconut, and chocolate.

That's a surprise.

See you guys later.

And thanks.

You know, saving all our lives.

It's our song.

Should we head back inside?

I don't want to share this moment with anyone else. Let's dance right here.

So the bright one is Mars, and later we can look for the Milky Way.

So is everything up there named for a candy bar or what?

Don't you want to learn about the vastness of space?

Oh, yeah.

That's definitely why I asked you on this date.

Hey, do you think we could spot some aliens?

The telescope only spots things that are actually real.

I love this. This song is my jam.

What did I tell you?

Faith.

Shared taste in excellent music is a coincidence.

It's not faith.

You really don't believe in destiny?

You do?

Hell yeah.

Hey, think of the millions of things.

To have to go right for this date to even happen.

You mean me giving you a second chance?

I'm serious.

You had to be born. I had to be born.

Your dad had to get transferred to Port Oswego. Same for my mom.

And then I had to insult your favorite superhero.

A million decisions.

Just so we could be right here, right now.

Fate is never an accident.

That's super speed there.

Did you know you could do that?

No, I could feel myself getting stronger, but I had no idea.

Happens a lot, actually.

Discover all these new powers.

I can't believe my girlfriend has powers.

That's pretty dope.

You're taking this really well.

I'm full of surprises, I guess.

I'm actually surprising myself.

Tonight was the most scared I've ever been.

I almost lost you.

But you didn't.

I'm right here.

This time.

This is real.

There's real danger involved.

And I hate the thought of putting you or anyone I care about in danger.

I can't live with me putting you in harm. I just can't.

I know what it's like not to be able to protect someone you care about.

I learned that tonight.

But if it was hard not to be able to protect someone, imagine being the one

putting people in harm's way.

You being hurt because of something that I did, I just, I can't do that.

Tonight is just the beginning.

You know, I've been denying my destiny for a really long time.

Maybe I wasn't ready.

Or maybe I just didn't want to let go of everything I was.

And everyone.

You don't have to let go.

I know wherever your destiny is leading you, I can't go with you.

I can't protect you.

But it doesn't mean I'll let go.

We can be together.

But I'll always be on your side.

I'll always be with you.

This isn't what I wanted.

No matter what we mean.

It's fate.

And it's never an accident.

You've always had a greater destiny, Naomi.

Whether you believed in it or not, you're a hero.

A hero?

You're the first person to ever call me that.

I'd recommend getting used to it.

I thought you didn't believe in superheroes.

I did.